If I could
I would
& should
speak the truth
I regret
I can’t yet
but 1 day
I pray
I’ll say
it my way
without fear:
Let’s have justice & beer
Questions
Speciesism
To discriminate based on sex
is sexism;
To discriminate based on race
is racism.
Therefore, to discriminate based on species
is speciesism.
But to discriminate based on religion
should then be religionism,
and to discriminate based on hair-color,
hair-colorism.
None-sense of course,
and awfully-sounding discourse.
Let speciesism hence
be racism
to stand for an illegitimate preference
to benefit the human race
to the detriment of the animal-kingdom.
It’s a disgrace.
Add:
See also the article on speciesism in the NYT.
Values
What are values?
Are virtues values?
What about duties?
Needs?
And resources?
Do you value human life?
The lives of animals?
Plants?
Bugs?
Viruses?
Do you value imaginary lives?
Extra-terrestrial life perhaps?
Do you value virtual life?
Are values virtual?
Do you value death?
What about a good death?
Eu-thanasia?
Dying for a cause?
Do all values have a magnitude?
And how is it quantified?
Is all value worth money?
And all money value?
Is there a common value denominator?
Are some values more valuable than others?
Is there a Maslowian pyramid?
Basic values at the bottom
Esoteric, philosophic ones on top?
Or instrumental ones down under
and intrinsic ones above?
Inherent or intrinsic
Aesthetic, moral or monetary?
What about conflict?
Is there a pecking-order among values?
Is more value always better than less?
And what is it that creates value?
We humans?
What about animal values?
And values for plant?
Can we fundamentally value the wrong things?
Value what is not of value?
Or does anything become of value only because it is valued?
Can there be anything of value left if there is nobody left to value?
Value all that values
Value more
Value all values
Even value what is not valued
Because valuation generates value
Value everything
Even nothing
Why do you want to feel good about your achievements?
I want to feel good about my achievements, because
a. I’m approaching the end of my life. If so, find your solution here.
b I’m still young. If so, better focus on your future instead, or else find your solution here.
c. I’m in the blossom of my life. If so, again better focus on your future, or find your solution here.